Edit your /etc/inittab file (need root priveledges).
There is a line
id:5:initdefault:
just change the 5 to 3 (other options are described in the file)and you have
full multiuser access but no X. DO NOT CHANGE OTHER THINGS IN THE FILE
UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING! You can then startx at anytime to enter
X.
The alternative is to leave X there and switch to another virtual console
(ctrl-alt-F# where # is number between 1 and 7), then it looks just like a
text interface.
Why do you not want X (apart from it taking up memory and resources)? I
find it much easier to do things in several different console windows in X.
Hope this helps
Tony
From: "Hendrik Fourie" <hendrikf@webmail.co.za>
Reply-To: newbie@XFree86.Org
To: newbie@xfree86.org
Subject: X-Windows loads every time linux boots
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 15:33:38 +0200
When I first installed Red Hat 7.2, the installer asked me whether I
wanted X-Windows to start automatically every time it boots, and at
the time I said yes, because working with X-Windows seemed easier to
work with and get used to (I dual boot with Windows 98 on my other
hdd), however after a few days I feel ready to start working almost
exclusively in the command prompt environment and only start X-Windows
when I need to. How do I change the boot procedure so that it does not
load at startup. I am using XFree86 and in order to update it to the
latest version, I will need to exit and not have it running.
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